Don’t miss the GC 2008 trailer for House of the Dead: Overkill.
We explore the mysteries of a cursed Himalayan city in this survival horror game from Deep Silver.
AcidAUS writes with this nearly unbelievable snippet from today’s Sydney Morning Herald: “The Nigerian high commissioner in Australia says people who are ripped off by so-called Nigerian scams are just as guilty as the fraudsters and should be jailed. Responding to a story in yesterday’s Herald, which revealed Australians lose at least $36 million a year to the online scams, Sunday Olu Agbi said Australians had failed to heed repeated warnings not to deal with shady characters on the internet.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
linSmith is a Smith charting program. Users can enter either
discrete components or transmission lines, see the results on
screen, and/or generate Postscript output. Component
values can be changed numerically or using scrollbars.
Problems can be solved on-screen, and high-quality
Postscript can be output for publication.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
This release adds import of Touchstone(r) two-port files. Until now, only version 1.0 files were correctly parsed, though (hopefully) completely with all parameter types and input formats. The Spanish translation has been updated. The manual has been updated with this info.
DB Solo is a powerful database development and management tool for developers and DBAs. It has an intuitive user interface that allows you to explore and manage your database objects as well as execute ad-hoc queries. It supports Oracle, MySQL, Sybase, DB2, Solid, PostgreSQL, and MS SQL Server. In addition to viewing and managing objects such as schemas, tables, indexes, views, tablespaces, users, roles, sessions, and stored procedures, you can view, edit, print, and export data from tables or the results of queries. You can also graphically view foreign key relationships.
License: Shareware
Changes:
This release adds support for disk-based table data comparison, allowing one to compare tables with millions of rows.
SCEE, SOE join to bring popular game worlds to console.
UIF2ISO is a program for converting UIF files (Universal Image Format,
used by MagicISO) to ISO. On Windows, it works from both the commandline
and a GUI (double-click and use).
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
This release adds support for versions 3 and 4 of the UIF format.
light-monitor is a transparent panel that depends
only on X and Xft. It comes with light-calendar, a
simple, transparent, and lightweight calendar.
These two programs are written to consume the
lowest possible amount of resources.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
A stalling bug due to a change in the X.Org internals (i.e. simultaneous XNextEvent and XCopyArea) has been fixed.
We’ve got the best the PSN has to offer.
Left 4 Dead (X360)
Gabe Newell gives us his guidance through the zombie infested land.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Wii)
Grab a friend and cast some spells.
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift (PS3)
New off screen footage straight from the event.
dtjohnson writes “Data from the United Kingdom Metereological Office suggests that 2008 will be an unusually cold year due to the La Nina effect in the western Pacific ocean. Not to worry, though, as the La Nina effect has faded recently so its effect on next years temperatures will be reduced. However, another natural cycle, the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, is predicted to hold global temperatures steady for the next decade before global warming takes our planet into new warmth. If these predictions are correct, there must be a lot of planetary heat being stored away somewhere … unless the heat output from the sun is decreasing rather than increasing or the heat being absorbed by the earth is decreasing due to changes in the earth’s albedo.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Wheelman (X360)
Grab the wheel and hit the streets.
Soulcalibur IV (X360)
Namco Bandai discusses some of the hurdles found in the home stretch.
Fallout 3 (X360)
One of the best games of E3 sees a release date.
Tales of Vesperia (X360)
New skill and combat systems help bring the Tales series into a new generation.
Blitz: The League II (PS3)
Midway makes sure everyone is caught up with the Blitz: The League universe.
TNA iMPACT! (X360)
Brother Ray and Brother Devon testify.
When Germany leaves the team Ryan-less, Database Mike swoops in.
Demos and downloadables galore rocks this week’s update.
